Anne Hutchinson
I have no idea what the context is of your question and you really need to include it. But given the content of the question I can surmise with near certainty that someone or some group threatened their traditional power and authority.
A clergy was a person who held preist like authority in a church. If someone chalenged the churches teachings then, unfourtunatly the clergy's had to burn them on the stake, throw rocks at them, and or tourture them. That was just one of the many roles of the clergy.
In the catholic Church, the clergy are in decline. This has happened for a number of reasons: 1. They became corrupt, possibly have been for centuries 2. They abused their authority. 3. The main reason for the downfall is that people became more educated and began to question the clergy, and didn't like the answers they found; widespread sexual and physical and mental abuse of vulnerable children. 4. The clergy and the hierarchy have done nothing to address the sins, crimes, wrongs in the clergy.
Clergy
The religious authority in the religion of animism is called a shaman.
Usually there is a hierarchy within the clergy itself for governance. Ultimately, it is the people who support the denomination or sect that have the power. In medieval times in Europe, it was common for the King/Queen to have final authority over the clergy.
A government ruled by the clergy is known as a theocracy, where religious leaders hold political power and authority. In a theocracy, laws and policies are often based on religious principles and beliefs, with the clergy playing a key role in governance.
fines, flogginh, banishment, and death
a member of the clergy or other person in religious orders.
Anne Hutchinson, Dissenter
It was the Western Church that accepted the authority of the pope and celibacy. This led to the Great Schism in 1054, which resulted in the separation of the Roman Catholic Church in the West and the Eastern Orthodox Church in the East. The Eastern Orthodox Church did not recognize the authority of the pope and allowed married clergy.
The Christian church you're referring to is the Eastern Orthodox Church. In this tradition, clergy are allowed to marry, and important church councils are granted significant authority in governance. Additionally, Eastern Orthodoxy holds that the emperor does not have direct authority over the church, emphasizing the separation of church and state in spiritual matters.